Aerial-punching-bag-supporting bracket.



No. 771,925. PATENTED OCT. 11, 1904. J. J. O'CONNOR.

AERIAL PUNGHING BAG SUPPORTING BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED mu. 3. 1904.

NO MODEL.

Witnesses: fag Inventor,

By mva H. Attorneys UNITED STATES Patented October 11, 1904.

JOSEPH JOHN OCONNOR,

0F MONTREAL, CANADA.

AERIAL-PUNCHlNG-BAG-SUPPORTING BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 771,925, dated October11, 1904. Application filed March 3, 1904. Serial No. 196, l51- (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrn JOHN OCoNNoR, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Montreal, in the county of Hochelaga, Province ofQuebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAerialPunching-Bag-Supporting Brackets; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements inaerial-punching-bag-supporting means, and is especially designed for usein connection with a punching-bag for use in physical culture and forexhibition purposes, the particular feature of the invention which it isdesired to protect residing in the construction of the bracket orsupporting means and its appurtenant connections used for supportingsaid punching-bag.

The object of the invention is to provide an economical and durablesupporting means whereby a punching-bag may be supported in convenientposition for use; and it consists in certain features of novelty in thedetail construction, formation, and arrangement of the several partsthereof, all as hereinafter more fully described, and specificallypointed out in the claims.

In the annexed drawings similar numerals of reference indicatecorresponding parts in the views, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective Viewof my invention supported upon a wall, and Fig. 2 is a detachedfragmentary longitudinal section taken through the supporting-head andswivel used in connection therewith.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a ring provided with a suitable numberof openings through which screws, as 2, may be projected for the purposeof securing the ring in position upon a wall. Preferably cast integralwith the ring 1 or otherwise secured thereto in any convenient manner,as may be found desirable, are a plurality of converging arms 3, whichproject outwardly from the ring 1,

as shown in Fig. 1, and terminate in the sockt eted portion or head 4:,which may, if desired,

be formed integral with the ring 1 and arms 3, or the said ring 1, arms3, and head 4 may, if desired, be formed of separate castings or partssuitably connected together. The head 4 is provided with alongitudinally-projecting passage or channel 5, extending entirelythrough said head, and supported in the channel 5 is a stem 6, providedwith an enlargement or head 7, while the nut or washer 8 is slipped uponthe inner end of the said stem 6, and a pin, as 9, is provided, the saidpin passing through the stem 6 and securing the washer 8 in positionthereupon, so that the head 7 and washer 8, with the pin 9, serve asasecuring means whereby the stem 6 is properly supported within the head4 and is freely rotatable therein. The head 7 is also provided with apassage or channel 10, through which may be projected the securing-cord11, which is connected by any suitable means with the punching-bag 12.To secure the supportingcord 11 within the head 7, a set-screw 1a isprovided, which extends into the head 7 sufficiently far to project intothe channel 10 and engage with the supporting-cord 11, whereby the saidcord is locked in position within the passage 10, so as to support thebag 12 at any convenient position with relation thereto.

By providing the passage 5 in the head 4 and supporting the punching-bagfrom the head 7 integral with the stem 5 the head 7 is freely rotatablewithin the head 4.

Owing to the fact that in use more or less friction may possibly resultwithin the channel 5, the oil-passage 15 is provided in the head 4,through which oil may be passed to lubricate the bearing for the stem 6.

As a bracket of this character will unquestionably be subjected to greatstrain in use, it is preferred that the ring 1, arms 3, and head 4comprise a single unitary casting of metal provided with the passage 5,as shown, and to permit seating the pin 9, as shown in Fig. 2, openings16 are provided between the head 4 and the ring 1, preferably in thearms 3, so that said pin 9 may be inserted through such opening for thepurpose of seating it in the inner end of the stem 6.

While I have shown in the accompanying drawings the preferred form of myinvention,

it will be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise formshown, for many of the details may be changed in form or positionwithout affecting the operativeness or utility of my invention, and Itherefore reserve the right to make all such modifications as areincluded within the scope of the following claims or of mechanicalequivalents to the structures set forth.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, a supporting-bracketcomprising means whereby it may be connected with awall, extensionsprojecting approximately horizontally therefrom, a substantiallyhorizontally extending passage therein, a swivel supported in saidpassage, and means whereby a punching-bag may be connected therewith.

2. In a device of the character described, a supporting-bracketcomprising a wall-connecting section, a projecting extension and a headprovided with a longitudinal passage therein, a stem swiveled in saidpassage, an enlarged head portion on said stein having a passageextending therethrough, and a set screw projecting into said passage.

3. In a device of the character described, a bracket adapted to beconnected with the vertical face of a wall, said bracket terminating ina head portion, said head portion having a horizontally-extendingpassage therethrough, a rotatable member supported in said passage,means at the inner end of said member for locking the same in position,and a perforated enlargement upon the opposite end of said member.

4. In a device of the character described, a bracket comprising a ring,outwardly-projecting converging arms, and a head portion, provided witha longitudinally projected opening, integral therewith, a rotatable stemsupported in said opening, means for securing said stem in position, andan enlarged head portion on said stem provided with a plurality ofopenings adapted respectively as passages for a bag-supporting cord, andasetscrew to hold the same in position.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH JOHN OCONNOR.

\Vitnesses:

FREDERICK H. GIBBs, T. MYNARD.

